Damn, that movie is just so depressing. It's very good. Just don't expect to actually enjoy any of the movie.
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IGN: "Maisie Williams 'Looking Like Yes' For The Last Of Us Movie"
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shinobi602
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She's bloody fantastic in Game of Thrones so...I could see it working. Excited at least.
I can assure you that it won't be a good adaptation either.
DrROBschiz
Member
Closer to ellie looks wise
Not that exactly matching the game model matters
Who was Ellies Voice actor and why is she not being considered?
Eh, I bet you'd be surprised how much they can make her look like Ellie. I'm not seeing this HUGE difference in looks between Maisie and Ellie.
Exploratory
Banned
No Chloë Grace Moretz? They better get Hugh Jackman.
I know they won't though.
I think Maisie can be great its just hard to picture her as Ellie.
I know they won't though.
I think Maisie can be great its just hard to picture her as Ellie.
Yep, same reason I didnt like The Last of Us....
Good luck Last of Us movie being better than The Road
no videogame movie ever is
but then again I also don't think the game is some super impossibly high watermark of storytelling so it wouldn't be hard to beat with even a modicum of talent behind the project
Would be a better choice but Ellen Page get's my vote. She looks just like Ellie. She'd be perfect.
Brolin would be perfect, or they could cast Rory McCann given that his chemistry with Williams is already proven
No, man, no! Please not her. I don't want Maisie Williams either, there's a cuteness/fierceness that Ellie has that will be kind of hard to capture.
FinalStageBoss
Banned
Now get hugh jackman
Lionel Richie
Member
To be completely fair, and I say that having enjoyed TLOU dearly, anything written by Cormac McCarthy is automatically miles ahead of anything by Neil Druckmann. Not a slight on Druckmann, but McCarthy is in another level.
FryShakeWad
Banned
Sounds good. As long as they get Josh Brolin to play Joel. He is honestly perfect. No other choice.
jesus guys looks are the absolute last thing to care about when it comes to acting a role
you can get every single shred of relevant plot/characterization from someone who looks zero like Ellie. It is infinitely more important to make sure you get an actress who can do the role right, no matter how close she looks to the part. Make up + acting does wonders.
None of this is to say Ellen Page is a bad actress (no comment), but geeze I hope you have a better reason than "lookz liek Ellie"
Dude, looks aren't important to Ellie's character, having a good and believable actress to portray her is.
EDIT: Amir0x pretty much summed up my thoughts in the post above lol
DrROBschiz
Member
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
no videogame movie ever is
but then again I also don't think the game is some super impossibly high watermark of storytelling so it wouldn't be hard to beat with even a modicum of talent behind the project
Street fight and Mortal Kombat are great adaptations.
Ellie was voiced by Ashley Johnson, who is 30-ish.
John Bender
Banned
The awesome Manu Bennett as Joel, please!
Zabant
Member
Why am I not surprised that you're more concerned about the the actor looking like the game's model than if they are good actors....
CreeperBlocks
Banned
YES!
They can't fuck this up.
No kidding. It's possible for actors to play more than one character guys. That's why they're actors.
I think she definitely looks the part.
Love Maisie, but I still disapprove greatly of making TLoU into a movie. TLoU is so impressive because it's story is told in the game medium. Why take everything that's special about it away by feeding it to a lower common denominator by making it a movie. It already is very much like a movie. There is so little a movie wit the same plot can do that the game doesn't already do.
IMO this is just Neil Druckmann having a case of megalomania.
IMO this is just Neil Druckmann having a case of megalomania.
DrROBschiz
Member
I would argue Ellen Page is the perfect actor honestly lol
Considering how she carries herself she is very similar to Ellie almost natural in both attitude and looks
The issue being that she is almost thirty so there is no way to pass her off as an early teen assuming this is a direct adaptation
freeofgreed
Member
I like it, think she would be perfect. Didn't care about this movie at all but now I'm interested if she does in fact get casted.
YES!
Looks are secondary to the actors ability to be the character and I think there are actors way more suited to fit the role, like Josh Brolin.
no videogame movie ever is
but then again I also don't think the game is some super impossibly high watermark of storytelling so it wouldn't be hard to beat with even a modicum of talent behind the project
I just dont think its going to be better or even close to as good as The Road.
If yu want to see Joel on film watch "Prisoners"
If you want to see The Last of Us environment watch "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"
If you want to see a father protecting their child through the apocalypse watch/read "The Road"
The Last of Us movie is going to look like a ripoff of a bunch of other movies unless they do something drastically different, because it holds so closely to post apocalyptic tropes.
Teletraan1
Banned
Since she is an actress I will reserve judgement until I see her performance. I am not going to base it on some cockneyed GOT character and throw my hands up in the air and say that Arya is no Ellie.
The special parts of TLOU aren't the parts where you're sneaking around shaking endless dumb AI scavengers or looking for another stupid fucking pallet to float Ellie on.
Druckmann is the Creative Director, not Game Director, IGN.
Anyway, she's perfect casting, of course. But I'd be concerned with being type-cast if I were her. Ellie's arc is notably similar to Arya's, so far within the show anyway. Although, presumably Druckmann has some foresight as to what may become of Ellie.
Anyway, she's perfect casting, of course. But I'd be concerned with being type-cast if I were her. Ellie's arc is notably similar to Arya's, so far within the show anyway. Although, presumably Druckmann has some foresight as to what may become of Ellie.
I kinda do see this. I think making the game into a movie requires a pretty far degree of head in own ass. TLOU's writing and direction was outstanding, and I don't know if a lot of that is fate colliding or if he's a true genius, but either way I think when you're told you're a genius and brilliant enough times by enough people you can start to get carried away and next thing you know you're making a video game movie.
Part of what made TLOU so affecting was the long 17 hour journey that I took with the characters. It's just apples and oranges. I'm not saying you can't make a good TLOU movie, you can probably make a good movie about anything, but I kinda feel "uhh..." about it.
That's not the same thing. Not everyone has the desire to play a 13 hour game.
Marvel
could never
YES!
Grow a full beard out and dye his hair black and it's perfection.
She's shown on GOT that she can act just as tough, smart and industrious as Ellie is. So as far as her acting goes she's got this.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
i really wouldn't mind but she's 17 now...isn't ellie supposed to be 14? and filming hasnt started.
Sure, that's why Page would be perfect. She is not a bad actress.
Jackman was amazing in Prisoners.
Coffee Dog
Banned
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There are a few great moments in the TLOU that use interactivity, but they are drowned out by the far more frequent pointlessly interactive bits.
Take all the best parts of TLOU (the story, the characters, the writing) and turn it into the miniseries it deserves.